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Lesson
Appropriate contract packaging, stakeholder involvement in project preparation, and reliable cost estimates are of particular importance to successful project implementation. This project encountered several weaknesses in design and preparation that made implementation challenging.

Project Number: 43319-022
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion East-West Economic Corridor Towns Development Project
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The report and recommendation of the President (RRP) had indicated that 13 of the 25 urban local bodies (ULBs) demonstrated that their municipal cash flows would be sufficient to meet the additional expenditures resulting from the investment program and that the other 12 should propose a financial improvement action plan for sustaining the subprojects. No such action plans were developed. Had these actions plans been developed before subproject approvals, the sustainability of the subprojects would likely have improve

Project Number: 38254-043
Project Name: MFF - North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Limited understanding of contractors of complex site conditions impacted their performance, delayed implementation, and often resulted in contract termination; About 30% of the total cost of civil works were contracted before loan signing and over 90% of total contracts awarded by 2014.

Project Number: 38254-053
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program - Tranche 3
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Systematic analysis of market capacities and pragmatic cost estimation for better packaging options could avoid procurement delays and rebidding because of poor bidder participation. Considering the remoteness of the project locations and the market capacities, the EA modified contract conditions for sewerage network contracts to attract bidders. Despite modifications, poor response from bidders continued, resulting in repeated rebidding.

Project Number: 38254-053
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program - Tranche 3
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For infrastructure investments, establishing contractual provisions on contractor's performance, such as mobilization, staffing, and deployment of equipment and funds strengthen project implementation.

Project Number: 41116-013, 41116-043
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Bidding documents should incorporate specific provisions requiring permanent local representative from foreign contractors to avoid construction delays. The performance of the contractors for the Birgunj ISWM and the Kavre Valley Water Supply Subproject was unsatisfactory in part because they had no local representative.

Project Number: 36188-023
Project Name: Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project
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Setting realistic contract periods is crucial to timely implementation.

Project Number: 38254-043
Project Name: North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program - Tranche 2
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